Tire.



S.A.MATARAZZQ TIRE.

APPLXGATION FILED SEPT.1B,191L

Li@ Patented une 18, 19m;

ATTRNEYS "county oi' Allegheny and Steiff of iennsyl-v venia., lieveinvented eerie-on new and ueei'ul @rele onder ordinary Conditions.

'provide e resiliaeiu"J end yieldalole tire that een be ed'vanageousiyused in conneeizlon o? Fie.

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it known liet l', STEPHEN MATA- nnmo, e einigen eti the kniied @mies ofAmerica. residing ei Wilmerdii'zg, in the improvements in Tires, ing espeoiiiooioiu re therein io Elie eeeou ne This iuyenion re i bile andother vehicles and ille obj my invention ere io obvieie the nee ssiy ofusing pneumatic tubes, to iure. sii e wiieel with e eushion Lire ibut isnon-peneo. which liie folienTM ference being lied dre Further oliiectsof my inveniion are to with large irnos@ and to accomplish die aboveresults by e tire oonsisinp; o?? com pe-iaiirely few reedily essemioied:ind maintained ei e eompere .ely smell cost.

Wiili ine above and other objects in Yview lle invention resides in lienovel eonsiruo ion, eombimiion end errengement of parte io be'liereineifier speeiiiceliy described then claimed Reerenee will now 'bened io ille-drew ing, wherein liere is illustrated e. p'eferredembodimen; of the inveiuion lout il. is to "oe understood that:Ehe invention is euscepiible to suoli eilenges es fell Wiilin lie scopeor? the op ended claims.

ini" e drewing`f-z-lli`igure i. is a".ide eleveiiono e pomhion oi' dietirei partly lrolien away and partly in section. Fig. is eoross-seetionel View 'of ille tire. Fig. il is e perspeotive vieri of eportion of one of the side plaies thereo. Fig. i ie e similar Viewillnsirecing the ends of aside pleine; and Fig. is e similar Viewillusiroiing e slioe adapted'. Eto form peri.' of zlie tire.

A ire in. zicoordoneo wili. ibis invention. 'comprises en. ouieiDspiifiilly coiled sprin l arranged cironmerentially of e. Wheel felly nI l or rim 2, @om felly lia/'mg ille periphery liereo" ennemie, as' et3, sie ,provide e seni foi'4 ilie convolutions of the spring l. r#ranged Within the oonvoluions of tliespring i is e smell spirelly coiledspring' 4l. cop* @rating with the spring l in. providing e peripl'iereilcushion for Vehicle Wheel.

Certain convolutions of the srin l. are, a

provi. ed with oppostely disposed and out- Wordly proieainino m'nu 5@wringing in re lli-elly disposed slots provided therefor sind equallyspaced in, eircumferentially arm ranged side plaies 7. Each side pletehas the ends thereof hookshaped, as at 8, to interlock, said inierloekedends beingscrewed together by rivets or oher fastening means erteudinLthrough openings 9 rovided therefor in the hook-shaped ends oi the sideAplaie.

Arranged upon the ouer spring l are v.slmes or treed pieces 10, andthese treed pieces lieve the longitudinal edges -thereo piovided withhooks -l adapted to engage in slots i2 formed in the side plates 7. Theshoes 10 have the ends thereof connecied by links 13 extending throughopenings 14 formed in seid shoes, adjacent to the longi tudinel edgesihereof.

The tire its entirety is preferably made of lighand durable metal, andeven should the .shoes oi. the fire be punotured or'pierced, theresiliency of the tire is not impaired, and this is equally so shouldone of the shoes be injured. The parte of the tire are easily assembledond maintained in a. operatable condition.-

i. A tire eomprisin coiled springs arzanged ciecumferentia ly, onewithin the other, shoes arranged upon the outer spring, pins carried bysaid outer spring, end side yplexes arranged upon said pins and engagingseid shoes.

2. A tire comprising eoiled springs, one

eirenged Within the other., pins carried by the ouer spring, slottedside plates arranged upon said plus, and shoes arranged upon the ouierspring and having connection With`\` said side plates.

8. A. tir comprising coiled spnings oircumferentully arranged one Wi'hln the einer, oppositely disposed pins c fried by some of alleeonvolutions of the outer ring, slot-ted side plses :ir-ron ed upon saipins and eeen pleite having ook-shaped interloeled ends, shoes arrengedu on the outer spring and hooks carriedhg; t elougiludinel. edges ofseid shoes nneeflgagmg 1n seid side plates.

In tesiimony whereof I alix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

' STEPHEN A. MATARAZZO. Witnesses CHRISTINA T. Hoon, MAX Il. Snomvi'lz.

